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Five of Pentacles

A 78-card digital tarot drawn in the tones of nacre and dancheong.

Five of Pentacles

Hardship, scarcity, feeling left out in the cold, financial loss, isolation.

Keywords · Upright

  • hardship
  • scarcity
  • feeling left out in the cold
  • financial loss
  • isolation

Keywords · Reversed

  • recovery
  • help accepted
  • hardship ending
  • finding shelter
  • renewed hope

Recovery, help accepted, hardship ending, finding shelter, renewed hope.

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How this deck reads it

The contrast between the ragged clothes of the two figures walking through the snow and the lamp-lit stained-glass window forms the center of the picture. The five coins placed on the wall are directly above as they pass, yet their gaze is directed downward, and the picture directly shows that lack arises not from the absence of the object but from the direction of the gaze. The leafless tree and the falling snow leave the colors of dancheong at a minimum, so that on the cold ground only the light of the window makes the sole warmth.

The luster of the mother-of-pearl-filled window is placed so as to stand out even from afar, suggesting that help is always nearby but the steps are passing it by. That a warm light is left in a scene of hardship is this picture's central choice.

Artwork

Two people wearing rags over their clothes trudge through the snow. Light leaks from a window with five gold coins affixed above the wall, and snow piles on a bare tree.

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